Jon Oksenholt’s plan would create a parent company that would own the GSEs and Common Securitization Services but allow them to keep their charters and operate independently.

Fannie reshuffled the rental income section of its seller guide in response to lender complaints that the guidance was too complex.

Both executives and rank-and-file employees at Fannie Mae are more pessimistic about job security.

With the mandate for UAD 3.6 fast approaching, there’s been a dramatic expansion in the number of appraisal software providers.

The Congressional Research Service reminds stakeholders of the complications involved in reprivatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Terminating the use of SPCPs continues the Trump administration’s war on DEI.

Although investors would own just one listed security, Fannie and Freddie “could maintain separate underwriting, pricing, credit and customer service decisions,” according to Jon Oksenholt, the eponymous founder of Oksenholt Capital Management.

Private MIs are fully prepared for the credit score transition at the GSEs, according to Seth Appleton, president of U.S. Mortgage Insurers.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to end support for special purpose credit programs earlier this year. But now other agencies are also ending authorization for the programs.

Industry observers don’t expect the move to prompt major declines in interest rates this year.